Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to read more

'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to be seen,
These have crimes accounted been.

It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]

It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.